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Strategic Planning | Mary-Clare Tomes

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Tell a story that moves people. Pricing … why is so hard to get it right? The Pain of pricing. I recently worked with a group of artists to put on an exhibition … everything was going smoothly, the venue was sorted, the guests list finalised, all were in agreement on how the event would run … then it came to agreeing a pricing structure …and the wheels fell off. In larger businesses it can highlight the gaps in knowledge around consumers and competitors leading to some awkward moments. This is a premium ...

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Why do we dread the annual strategic planning session? | Mary-Clare Tomes

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Tell a story that moves people. Why do we dread the annual strategic planning session? The annual strategic planning session is one of the first dates to go in to the company year planner. Two valuable days of senior management time, that takes a lot of preparation, and costs a lot of money. It is often the only opportunity we get to step back from the business and indulge in some real creative thinking and take our business to the next level so why do we dread it? They are not really strategic. 8230; de...

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Strategic Creep | Mary-Clare Tomes

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Tell a story that moves people. One of the questions that I frequently ask during a strategic planning session is “what business are you really in? 8221; It is a simple question but one that is often hard to answer. There is a sudden realisation that they are now in several businesses, the core mission has multiplied to become several missions and the organisation is now involved in projects and services that are not part of the core strategy … how did this happen? The answer is probably yes. No-one ...

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January | 2014 | Mary-Clare Tomes

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Tell a story that moves people. One of the questions that I frequently ask during a strategic planning session is “what business are you really in? 8221; It is a simple question but one that is often hard to answer. There is a sudden realisation that they are now in several businesses, the core mission has multiplied to become several missions and the organisation is now involved in projects and services that are not part of the core strategy … how did this happen? The answer is probably yes. No-one ...

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strategy | Mary-Clare Tomes

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Tell a story that moves people. One of the questions that I frequently ask during a strategic planning session is “what business are you really in? 8221; It is a simple question but one that is often hard to answer. There is a sudden realisation that they are now in several businesses, the core mission has multiplied to become several missions and the organisation is now involved in projects and services that are not part of the core strategy … how did this happen? The answer is probably yes. No-one ...

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Meeting Agenda’s: 10 tips to make them work | Mary-Clare Tomes

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Tell a story that moves people. Meeting Agenda’s: 10 tips to make them work. The agenda is a key business tool that we use to drive our business meetings and ensure that we achieve our business objectives. However, all too often either a standard agenda is used e.g. 1 Welcome and Introductions. 2 Actions from the last meeting. 3 Departmental Feedback sessions. 4 Summary and close. Or it has been put together at the last minute with little or no thought behind it. Ensure there is a logical flow. When agen...

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September | 2012 | Mary-Clare Tomes

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Tell a story that moves people. Turning strategic plans into action. Turning strategic plans into action. Writing Up the Plan. Use your cell phones get everyone to take shots of the sheets that relate to them and ask them to write up the notes. Executive PA allocate the role to a senior administrator, and use programmes such a mindmanager. To manage the content. Unless there is authentic buy-in from all members of the team progress is unlikely to be made. Set up the dates for the implementation planning ...

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Customer Centricity | Mary-Clare Tomes

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Tell a story that moves people. Customer Centricity … now there’s an idea! I have not met a CEO in the last 12 months who has not had customer centricity. As one of her main strategic initiatives. It is a great idea … putting the customer at the centre of the organisation … it should result in winning new business, retaining more clients and ultimately improving results. So the real issue is … why hasn’t the customer always been at the centre of the business? You now have a platform to build the tactics ...

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February | 2014 | Mary-Clare Tomes

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Tell a story that moves people. Pricing … why is so hard to get it right? The Pain of pricing. I recently worked with a group of artists to put on an exhibition … everything was going smoothly, the venue was sorted, the guests list finalised, all were in agreement on how the event would run … then it came to agreeing a pricing structure …and the wheels fell off. In larger businesses it can highlight the gaps in knowledge around consumers and competitors leading to some awkward moments. This is a premium ...